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Where does “onnekkuus” come from?

onnekkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnekas, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

onnekkuus (Finnish): luckiness

Definitions

  1. luckiness

Ancestry of “onnekkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnekaslucky, fortunate
2Finnish-käsFront vowel variant of -kas
3Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →